Shovel.



F. E. SCHNEIDER.

SHOVEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, I917.

Patented May 7,1918.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1911. Paten y 7,1918;

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Patented Mayi, 1918.

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LAND, WISCONSIN, A-SSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO TH TO JAMES 1. SHEA, BOTH 0F HIGHLAND, WIS- SHOVEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application filed May 2, 1917. Serial No. 165,934.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. SCHNEI- DER, a citizen of the Unit ed States, residing at Highland, in the county of Iowa and State of lVisconsin. have new and useful Improve and I do hereby invented certain ments 111 Shovels;

declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 111- vention, such as will enab le others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention improvements in shovels,

relates to new and useful and the principal object of the invention is to provide an excavatingshovel which is adapted to be mounted on a truck laterally on said truck to and is arranged to be swung enable the same to be readily positioned for operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shovel which is designed particularly to use electric power for the driving means.

It will be understood however that any other desired power may ing from the spirit tion.

Still another object provide a shovel having means.

A further and more sp be used without departand. scope of the invenof the invention is to a novel operating ecific object of the invention is to provide a novel means for controlling the lateral swinging movement of the shovel on the truck.

A still further object sides in the provision of of the invention rea novel clutch by which the various operations of the device are controlled.

As a further object the plates invention contemthe' provision of a novel actuating means for the shovel which is designed to reduce the friction to a minimum and avoid many of the difficulties panying the use in steam With these and other invention consists in the ordinarily accomshovels.

objects in view the novel combination and arrangement of I parts which will be Figure 1 is a top tion.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan Fig; 3 is a side view i device fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which plan view constructed in accordance with this invenof a shovel view of Fig. 1. n elevation of the Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through the device, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through the shovel illustratingin detail the connection of the shovel to the shovel arm.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a car or truck which is provided with the usual axle 2 and the flange wheels 3 for running on a track 4:. This truck is provided with a central aperture for the reception of a pivot bolt 5 which rotatably supports the platform 6 on which the machinery is mounted. A transversely extending arm 7 is attached to the forward end of the truck 1 and is provided at opposite ends with eyes 8 which form attaching means for the flexible member by means of which the platform 6 is turned. The platform 6 is provided at is forward and rear edges with longitudinally Xtending slots 9 which eX tend to a point in a plane with the forward and rear edges of the truck 1 and secured to the platform on the upper side are the longitudinally extending strips 10 which are arranged so that their adjacent edges are flush with the adjacent edges of the slot 9 hereinbefore referred to. The strips 10 project beyond the forward and rear ends of the platform and form guides for the shovel arm which will be more fully hereinafter described. Secured to one of the strips and centrally thereof is a pedestal 11, while a similar pedestal 12 extends upwardly from the platform 6 and on the upper end of these pedestals are formed bearings 13 in which the main shaft 1 1 is rotatably mounted. similar pedestal 15 is arranged at the outer edge of the platform. 6 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. A main drive wheel 16 is attached to the shaft 1 1' on the end opposite that which is journaled in the pedestal 15 and to this wheel is connected the driving motor by means of which the device is operated. Slidably mounted on the shaft 14 is a wheel 17 adj acent which is the sleeve 18 of a clutch member. This sleeve is provided with an annular groove to receive the part 19 of a suitable shifting lever 20 which is pivotally mounted as at 21 on the platform 6. The friction band 22 surrounds the wheel 17 and is provided with a lever 23 by means of which it may be contracted on the'periphery of the wheel 17 in order to stop the rotation out of engagement with clutch sleeve 18 controls, the movements of,

the clutch within the wheel 28 which is formed with a pulley 29 over, which one .of.

the drive belts for moving the platform on thetruck. runs. Mounted on the shaft 14 beside the pedestal 12 is a beveled pinion 30.which drives the pulley for rotating the platform inthe opposite direction.

An. extension. 31. is .-formed on the platform. and is. provided with a vertical aperture throughwhich a shaft 32 is rotatable. This shaft is. provided atits upper end with a pulley 33 andat its 'lowerend with a drum 34. The pulley33 and drum 34 are respectively. positioned above andbelow the plat form, The belt 35 surrounds the pulley 33 and. passesover. the. pulley 29 while a similar belt 36 surrounds the pulley 33 and passes over :thepulley 37niounted' on the platform at a point forwardly of the shaft 14. A beveled pinion 38 is carried. on one end of the pulley 37 and meshes with a beveled pinion 39v carried on a lever 40 which is pivotally mountedon the shaftv 41 of the pulley 37.- This beveled pinion 39. is adapted tov mesh not only with the beveled pinion. 38 but. with. the pinionc 3O hereinbefore describedwhen the lever 40 is inthe position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. It will be understood howeverthat when the lever is thrown over in the direction. of the arrow in Fig. 3, the pinion 39 will be moved the pinion. 30 thereby: discontinuing the rotation of the. pulley 37'. The drum-34 has wound therearound a flexible member. 42-tl1e ends of which are passedthrough eyes 43 and connected to the eyes 8, of.- the. beam- 7. It willthus. be seen thatwhen .thedrum. is rotated. in either di rection, the platform will be swung relative. tothe truck.

Journal bearings 44 are attached to the uppersidesof. the strips 10 near their rear ends and. journaled: in. said bearings is a crank shaft 45 carrying. at its outer vends a pulley46 over whichthe belt 47 which passes overthe pulley 24 runs. The bight portion of the. crank/shaft is received. in a bearing 48. carried on the shovel arm- 49; which is slidably mounted between the strips. 10 and carries at its forward enda shovel designatedi g lly by the numeral 50. Th

shovel above. referred to comprises a, bottom 51having. formedthereonside walls 52 which are. connected: adjacent theirv rear 'ends bye top Wall; 53. A latch 54 which is surrounded by a compressed coil. spring 55 is slidably c nte ts:

mounted. on the upper, side of. the forward end I f, the. beam. nd-f erir ellv, en the plate 53 in order to hold the forward end of the shovel in raised position. When it is desired to release the shovelg'pullis exerted on the flexible member '56-w'hich is attached to the rear end of the latch'54 and it"will be seen that the latch will be drawn rearwardly against the depression of the spring 55"and thereby the shovel will qbe released. The, rear end of the bottom of the shovel is slotted as at 57 and riveted or otherwise secured; at 53. to the inner side of the. bottom of the shovel adjacent its rear endis a yoke59. which is. aperturedto receivethe pivot bolt. by means of the -A S Sl1111lng;l7llat the Wheel 16 moves. in. a

lOckWiSQ direc on, it Wil be een. at he orwa d. mo emen o he. v l will .1% give down ard mo m n o he. ame. nd if the shovel. is hanging loosely with its. for; Wardend down, it will be. seen that'thesame the clutch lever 2O.- is operated,

will have. a. digging action so that; as. it

ompl es; h tr k fo wardi nd. i nd o. i t-upwa d y nd. 1 .9 met m e i a sathea h o gag endhold. he o -wa dens Qf h she el erward v fter the stroke of the shovel the clutch is. re,-

leas d and; he ake 22. ppl ed.- her y holding the. shovel inv a desited. position, after which the user may swingthe, late m Q- either side by ma pulation 5f either the lever26 or thelever 40 after.

he. llq e h e e i en d merely the flexible member 56: is pulled, there 'ree sing t e at h; 54 and, llow n h wardend of theshovelgto fall and drop the then ready for a second opera on. and the plat orm i re ned to r g el 'n S fi whereupon. the lever is manipulated; to cause the shoveli to move. forwardly. and downwar ly as p ev us yde er bed I s app ren ha th l s o l- I Whi e n. h ore o n -t ere 'syb en shown and described the. preferredqembgdim nt-o h S YQIl QIl, t st ieunderst at su h c anges may, e. made.- ni t omin t rran me t o part as will al w h n t e. spirit an t ne l 1 12 i vention as. claimed. What s Q f Q .is;.- .1- nashov atruck, ap et rmlsvire v mounted on said truck, a mounted he pla erm. et e ed s r ns er ely heneo eu deae t n ire r tudinally of the platform, a crank? drive shaf mos-ma mounted on the guides in parallel relation to the drive shaft, a shovel arm slidable through the guides, a shovel at the forward end of the shovel arm, and means controlling the movements of the shovel arm.

2. In a shovel, a truck a platform swivelly mounted on said truck, a drive shaft extending transversely of the platform, guides extending longitudinally of the platform, a shovel arm slidable between the guides, the guides projecting beyond the forward and rear ends of the platform, a crank shaft mounted near the rear ends of the guides and connected to the shovel arm, and means for connecting the crank shaft {with the drive shaft whereby the operation of the shovel may be controlled.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

3. In a shovel, a truck, a platform swivelly mounted on said truck, a drive shaft mounted on the platform and extending transversely thereof, guides extending longitudinally of the platform, a crank shaft mounted on the guides in parallel relation to the drive shaft, a shovel arm slidable through the guides, a shovel at the forward end of the shovel arm, means controlling the movements of the shovel arm, and means to turn the platform on the truck.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK E. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

REGINA 0. Donna, FRED Wnmnnmrmnn.

Washington, D. 0." 

